State v. Belmontes

AMUNDSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Fernando Belmontes (Belmontes) appeals the denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to search warrant. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

[¶-2.] On March 31, 1999, Gary Cudmore (Cudmore), a deputy sheriff in Ziebach County, received a telephone call from an informant. Informant told Cudmore that he was informed by another person that Derwin Martinez had left Modesto, Cali- . fornia, in a white passenger car with California license plates. Martinez and two other individuals were reportedly traveling to Red Scaffold, South Dakota with approximately five pounds of…